Major League Baseball has announced that Cardinals infielder Ryan Theriot has been suspended for two games and fined an undisclosed amount for coming into contact with umpire Mike Muchlinski during the bottom of the sixth inning of Sunday’s game against the Reds. Theriot was disputing a “pulled-off-the-bag” call. The runner eventually came around to score thanks to a couple of Jaime Garcia wild pitches.

Barring an appeal, he would begin serving the suspension tonight against the Mets.

Uh, that part in the photo came after he bumped Mike Muchlinski, the umpire who made the original (and correct) call. In the photo Theriot is being restrained from earning an even longer suspension; he should thank that umpire.

That was one of the most over-the-top reactions I’ve ever seen, even if the call had been wrong. We’re talking about an incredibly close play.

I must be seeing a completely different replay because Theriot was off the bag and didn’t drag his foot across the bag as he contended when he had the ball in his glove. So, it wasn’t a “blown” call. Schumacher should have been suspended for the awful throw.